ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,774, issued on Nov. 25.

"Systems and methods for jump starting vehicles" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Matthew Volpone (Canton, Mich.), Daniel Luke Rabideau (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Todd Ansbacher (Westland, Mich.) and David Celinske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first vehicle configured to jump start a second vehicle is disclosed. The first vehicle may include a first energy storage system, a second energy storage system, and a converter. The first vehicle may further include a switch between the second energy storage system and the converter, and a control unit. The control unit may obta...